| annuity |
a regular yearly income paid at fixed intervals and produced by money invested or by an insurance contract. |
| contraband |
goods banned by law from being imported or exported. |
| evanescent |
tending to disappear like vapor; vanishing; fleeting. |
| excoriate |
to denounce or criticize severely. |
| flagrant |
exceptionally or glaringly noticeable. |
| immobility |
the state or condition of not moving or being motionless. |
| implicit |
implied rather than directly stated. |
| inexcusable |
unable to be justified; unpardonable. |
| intrepid |
feeling or showing no fear; courageous; bold. |
| liberality |
an attitude of tolerance and respect for individual differences. |
| posthumous |
beginning, occurring, or continuing after one's death. |
| prude |
someone who is extremely or overly concerned with modesty or proper conduct, speech, dress, or the like. |
| syncopate |
in music, to make (a rhythm) more complex as by accenting beats that are not normally accented or employing rests where accented beats would be expected. |
| taciturn |
habitually silent and uncommunicative. |
| tome |
a large thick book, often one of a multivolume scholarly work. |